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Swagged Basalt Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1775
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A particularly successful vase in black basalt, with simple, classical deocration or swags and berries & leaves. This vase comes from the Wedgwood & Bentley period, during which the ...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Fairyland Lustre Bowl, Argus Pheasant, Wedgwood, circa 1925
By Daisy Makeig-Jones, Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Fairyland lustre footed bowl, in bone china. An attractive shape; decorated with the striking Argus pheasant pattern.
Teh pattern features decorative depictions of the Argus pheasan...
Category
Vintage 1920s English Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Wheel-Cut ewer, Stourbridge, C1860
By Stourbridge England
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A classically-shaped ewer, with wheel-cut engraving showing a cocoa plant and a dragon fly.
Stourbridge glass refers to glassware produced in the town of Stourbridge, located in the...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century British Neoclassical Revival Crystal Serveware
Materials
Blown Glass
Vase in shape 3988, by Keith Murray for Wedgwood, circa 1935
By Wedgwood, Keith Murray
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
One of the rarer shapes from the Keith Murray range, this vase will appeal to the collector and decorator alike.
Keith Murray, a renowned figure in the Art Deco movement, made signi...
Category
Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Stoneware
Polychrome Goat & Bee Jug, Chelsea, circa 1748
By Chelsea Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
One of the most iconic of all the Chelsea shapes, the Goat & Bee jug. This is the item that, more than any other, has been chosen for the front cover of scholarly works on Chelsea, o...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Rococo Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
La Nourrice - Porcelain figure of breast feeding, Liverpool, circa 1759
By Richard Chaffers
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An important soft-paste porcelain figure of a nurse feeding a swaddled infant. Probably by Richard Chaffers; and taken from the Chelsea version, which in turn was from the potter Ber...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Figure representing Matrimony, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1750
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An attractive allegorical figure of Matrimony, reprsented by a woman in her best clothing, holding a cage.
The Bow Porcelain factory was the first English porcelain producer; these ...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Library bust of Homer, Wedgwood, circa 1775
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine library bust from the Wedgwood & Bentley period, exhibiting the fineness and quality that make this early Wedgwood so very desirable.
Homer, often regarded as the greatest of...
Category
Antique 1770s English Neoclassical Busts
Materials
Stoneware
Newcastle Light Baluster, England C1765
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A classic Newcastle light baluster, perhaps the finest of all the English shapes; certainly the finest of its period. The glass is light and well-balanced, a pleasure to hold or to s...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century British Neoclassical Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Actresses, off set. Ross Watson (Australian B. 1962), oil on board
By Ross Watson
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
In 1988 David Stevens directed a film called Always Afternoon, which was set in Australia during the First World War. Watson was invited to observe, and his attention was particularl...
Category
1990s Australian Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Paint
A set of port glasses, etched and engraved, Lobmeyr C1880
By J. & L. Lobmeyr Company
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A set of six port or sherry glasses, brilliantly engraved with Birds & Branches pattern, after 18th century examples.
In the late 18th century, Lobmeyr played a significant role in ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Neoclassical Revival Tableware
Materials
Blown Glass
Group of seven portrait medallions, Wedgwood, circa 1780
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Set of seven jasperware medallions, one a double portrait. Two are bright yellow, a very rare colour indeed. They show: Hadrian - Titus - Caligula Marcus Arelius &; Julius Ceasar Did...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Revival Decorative Art
Materials
Pottery
A Lion, passant gardant, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1750
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A lion, seated on its haunches, one paw up. Perhaps a heraldic reference; although the stump does not appear in heraldry, it is required in order to keep the paw in position during f...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Trophy Plate, Wedgwood, circa 1900
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Trophy plates were a particularly Victorian development at Wedgwood, taking the use of classical ornament to its absolute limit. Over 2,000 individual sprigs were made, applied, and undercut to produce this plate. Only the best decorators made these, beginning with Thomas Lovatt in the late 19th century - this is an example of his work.
The central relief depicts Bellerophon with Pegasus. Bellerophon was a noble hero of Corinth, known for his strength and bravery. He was the son of Glaucus and the grandson of Sisyphus, though some myths suggest he was actually the son of Poseidon. Bellerophon was a skilled warrior and sought to accomplish great deeds.
Pegasus was a magnificent, winged horse born from the blood of the Gorgon Medusa...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Revival Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Cat holding a mouse, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1760
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An engaging cat, holding a mouse in its paw, while a second mouse escapes into a cheese.
These small 'toys' are scarce, being easily lost. They were largely hand made, and so were n...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair miniature campana vases in black basalt, Wedgwood, circa 1880
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A good pair of miniature campana-shaped vases, in black basalt. Finding these with their lids, and with the delicate handles intact, is rare; a pair, even more so.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Inlaid Black Basalt Jug & Stand, Wedgwood, circa 1860
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An ale jug and matching tray, in black basalt with inlaid coloured decoration; a style known as Henri Deux. This stylle is a revival of an 18th century technique, in which designs ar...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Autumn, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1755
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
From a series of figures representing The Four Seasons, Autumn is shown as a young man squeezing grapes into a cup, symbolic of harvest time, and recalling classical representations ...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Saltglaze plate, from a service for King George III, English, circa 1760
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A mosaic pattern plate in saltglaze earthenware, with a an early transfer-print of the Royal Arms used during this period. This coat of arms was used by both George II and George III...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Georgian Toby Jug - Wood C1785
By Ralph Wood Pottery
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine early toby jug, from the Wood family of potters. Traditional form, seated and holding a foaming jug of beer, dressed in clothing of the day.
Toby jugs originated in the mid 18th century in Staffordshire. The name perhaps comes from Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth night; although I think both the jug and Sir Toby got their names from the song "The Brown Jug...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century British George III Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Rum Kettle, Wedgwood, circa 1780
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A n excellent rum kettle in black basalt, with engine-turned decoration and applied swags. The lion finial sits well under teh tri-arc handle.
Rum kettle were used to serve hot wate...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Tea Bowl & Saucer, Peacock Decoration, Chelsea, circa 1765
By Chelsea Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A tea-bowl and saucer from Chelsea's Gold Anchor period. Richly decorated in purple, pink and green then lavishly gilded, the gilding being chased as well. It is possible the decorat...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Coffee Can with Famille Rose decoration, Bow Porcelain, circa 1750
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A coffee can, decorated with chinoiserie painting of typical motifs in the famille rose palette.
Bow was the first of the English porcelain manufacturers, and produced some excellen...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Plaque: Vulcan's Forge, Wedgwood C1860
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Showing Venus and Cupid at the forge, while Vulcan forges armour for her other son, Aeneas.
In Roman mythology, the story of Vulcan forging armor for Aeneas is a significant episode...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Decorative Art
Materials
Stoneware
Anniversary Vase, Wedgwood, 1930
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Some fifty of these vases were made in 1930 to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Josiah Wedgwood. The inscription reads: CC post natum conditorem anno viget ars Etruriae red...
Category
Vintage 1930s English Neoclassical Revival Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Tea Bowl & Saucer with Insects. Worcester, Giles, circa 1760
By James Giles, 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Tea bowl and saucer, in remarkably fine porcelain; decorated in London at the Giles workshop, with typical butterflies, caterpillars and plants.
James Giles was a British ceramic pa...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Rococo Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Figure of a ram, Derby Porcelain Works, circa 1760
By Derby
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Derby was able to produce exceptional work, as this figure of a recument ram attests. Skillfully sculpted, moulded and potted, there is something about the expression produced by the...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Rococo Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Huge cider mug, Wedgwood, circa 1790
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An oversized cider mug, in black basalt, with a Sheffield Plate rim. Probably not intended for use, but as an advertising gimmick; being intended to be put in the window of a tavern....
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Encaustic Painted Basalt Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1785
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A large vase in black basalt, with restrained neoclassical decoration taken from examples in The Hamilton Collection, now in The British Museum...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Fairyland Plate - Roc Centre. Wedgwood, circa 1925
By Daisy Makeig-Jones, Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A full-sized plate in bone china, with typical elaborate painted decoration known as Fairyland Lustre.
The Fairyland Lustre line was developed during a time when there was a strong...
Category
Vintage 1920s English Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Apotheosis Vases in black basalt, Wedgwood, circa 1880
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A stunning pair of vases in black basalt. Known as Apotheosis Vases, or sometimes Pegasus Vases, it's rare to find a pair of these; still rare to find the...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Sevres Teapot, Thomas Martin Randall Decoration, circa 1835
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, Thomas Martin Randall
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A teapot from early Sevres production (around 1780), obtained as a blank, and decorated in Thomas Martin Randall's workshop in the Sevres style. I addition to his skill in painting, ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Rococo Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Snuff Box in the form of Columbine, with diamond eyes. Gouyn C1754.
By Charles Gouyn
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A marvellous little piece of porcelain from this little-known maker. A snuff box, modelled as Colombine from the Commedia Dell'Arte. The face would seem to be that of a particular ac...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
Potpourri in White Teracotta. Wedgwood C1780.
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A potpourri in three pieces, made in a form of pottery known as "White Terracotta", a white stoneware which was soon to be supplanted by Jasperware when it was perfect in the early 1...
Category
Antique 1780s English Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Tobacco Jar, by Keith Murray for Wedgwood, circa 1930
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
One of Murray's particularly successful designs, the Tobacco Jar stands as a testament to the singular beauty of line and form, with no need for additional decoration. This example i...
Category
Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Stoneware
Pair of Art Deco book-ends by Erling Olsen, Wedgwood, circa 1935
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A very rare pair of bookends by this much sought-after designer, Erling Olsen. He did a small amount of work for Wedgwood, including at least two designs for bookends; but this basal...
Category
Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Pair of Ruby Lustre candlesticks. Wedgwood, circa 1925
By Daisy Makeig-Jones, Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A pair of candlesticks, in bone china with gilt dragons to a Ruby Lustre background.
Probably the best of Wedgwood's female designers, Daisy was an eccentric character, who pushed h...
Category
Vintage 1920s English Art Deco Candlesticks
Materials
Porcelain
Large Pair of Lidded Vases in cut glass, Bohemia, circa 1790
By Bohemia Crystal
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An outstanding pair of covered vases, or Deckelpokals, in blown glass with wheel-cur engraving. Bohemia at this time was the centre of elaborate but exceptionally fine glass cutting,...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century German Baroque Vases
Materials
Cut Glass
Black basalt figure of Bacchus. Wedgwood C1780.
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Exceptionally rare early figure of Bacchus in black basalt. The mixed-case mark places this figure between 1780 and 1785.
He is portrayed in typical style, his head garlanded with grapes and with a wine cup to his lips.
Bacchus, also known as Dionysus in Greek mythology, is the enigmatic god of wine, fertility, and ritual madness. He symbolizes freedom, ecstasy, and the blurring of societal norms through his rituals and festivities. Bacchus is often depicted in myths as a deity who challenges the status quo, promoting an atmosphere where conventional rules do not apply, and his followers are liberated from their everyday constraints.
Born from Zeus and the mortal Semele, Bacchus is unique among gods, bridging the divide between the divine and the human. His followers included the wild and ecstatic maenads, female devotees who often reached states of divine frenzy, and the satyrs, mischievous half-man, half-goat beings. The worship of Bacchus was marked by theatrical processions, dances, and plays, reflecting his patronage of the theater and the dramatic arts.
Bacchus’s mythology...
Category
Antique 1780s English Neoclassical Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Oversized wine glass with airtwist stem, for the Coronation of Edward VIII 1937
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Lead crystal wine glass, with airtwist & coloured thread stem. Made for the coronation of Edward VIII; a coronation that did not happen.
Ed...
Category
Early 20th Century British Neoclassical Revival Crystal Serveware
Materials
Blown Glass
Cup & Saucer decorated with bluebells. Nantgarw C1815.
By Nantgarw China Works
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A particularly pleasing and restrained form of decoration for this period, which allows the beauty of the porcelain to be clearly seen.
Nantgarw porcelain is particularly fine, and ...
Category
Antique 1810s Welsh Neoclassical Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Glass Loving Cup, for the Coronation of George V and Queen Mary 1911
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Lead crystal Loving cup, Coronation of George V and Queen Mary, June 22nd, 1911.
Made for the retailer Thomas Goode. A traditional threepenny bit is set in the hollow stem, a nice ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Neoclassical Revival Crystal Serveware
Materials
Blown Glass
Neoclassical tea canister in sterling silver. Elkington 1929.
By Elkington & Co.
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A splendid tea canister the neoclassical style, by Elkington, one of the best of teh English silversmiths of the period. The work is deep, crisp and detailed, and the item is in exce...
Category
Early 20th Century British Neoclassical Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Rosso Antico Candlesticks, Wedgwood, circa 1820
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A rare pair of bell shaped candlesticks in rosso antico, with black decoration of ‘Boys at Play’.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Set of six monogrammed JSP rummers (wine glasses), England, C1830
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A set of six rummers, or wine glasses, beautifully engraved with leaves and branches and a monogram which seems to read JSP.
A rummer is a driking glass with a wide bowl, a short st...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British Neoclassical Revival Crystal Serveware
Materials
Blown Glass
Scent, or Perfume, Bottle, in Pale Blue Jasperware, Wedgwood C1790
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A scent bottle in pale blue jasperware, with original silver lid.
Decorated with Venus and Cupid, as allegories of Night - the one shedding poppies,...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Large Dish or tureen stand, Chelsea, circa 1755
By Chelsea Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine tureen stand, typically painted with flowers and insects in the style of Meissen. A large and impressive piece.
Stilt marks and ground footrim.
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Campana Vase, Victoriaware Wedgwood, circa 1880
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A campana vase in white & gilt Victoriaware. Very French in style, the decoration being a copy of Sevres. It works surprisingly well on the neoclassical shape.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
English Delft Campana Vase, C1760
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A rare, large vase in a classical shape, decorated with figures in a landscape. Large pieces of delftware are not often found.
See CIRC 43-1963 in the V&A for a similar example.
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
Set of Candelabra and Candelholders, Silver and Gold Plated by Gorham
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A magnificent gilt table set, consisting of two three-branch candelabra, and four single candlesticks. The candelabra can be converted to large single sticks by removing the arm. The...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Neoclassical Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Metal, Gold Plate, Silver Plate
Jasperware Perfume Bottle, William Adams, circa 1790
By William Adams
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
In cobalt jasper, decorated with Androcles and the lion and Demeter, Goddess of the harvest; Aphrodite to the other side. Original bright cut silver ...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Victoriaware campana Vase in White with Gilt Decoration. Wedgwood C1880.
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A campana vase in white & gilt Victoriaware. Victoriaware was a mixture of parian and creamware, used to create these extraordinary vases featuring Sevres-style decoration on classic...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Other
Miniature libation cup, Dehua, Qing Dynasty, C1700
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Chinese porcelain libation cups of this period represent a fascinating aspect of Chinese ceramic art and cultural history. The Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) was renowned for its porcelain...
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Delft plate with a woman passing a monument. England C1745.
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Tin-glazed earthenware, decorated with a woman in a landscape. Known as a monument plate, after the monument surmounted by a vase.
Prov: Troy Chappell c...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
Delft plate - Ship in sail off the coast. Glasgow C1760
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A dinner-plate, painted in the delft style, with a ship coming to land; bunches of grapes around the edge.
See Michael Archer, Delftwarem m233 no B258 for a similar example, which h...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Scottish Neoclassical Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
Delft plate witha couple leaving a church. Wincanton/London England C1750
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A dinner-plate, painted in the delft style with a couple leacing a church, or perhaps a house. Wincanton pottery, or perhaps London.
English Delftware is considered to be one of the...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
Pair of Chinoiserie Delft plates. England C1760
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A pair of plates painted with a pagoda in a garden after a contemporary Chinese model.
English Delftware is considered to be one of the most important forms of English ceramic produ...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
Tall coffee pot in pearlware, House & Fence decoration. C1790
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine and large - enormous - coffee or chocolate pot in pearlware, with “House & Fence” decoration, in imitation of a Chinese original.
It is thought that these oversixed pots wer...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
Plaque: Bacchanalian Triumph in Black Basalt, Wedgwood C1800
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
One of the major tablets produced by Wedgwood, this is "Sacrifice", from the pair "Bacchanalian Triumph", after the original by Clodion. These large early tablets are scarce, as they...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Decorative Art
Materials
Stoneware
Anglo-Irish Prussian-shaped Decanter, C1820
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine and useful decanter, Prussian shape, of blown glass with prism cutting typical of the period; along with fluting and lens cutting. There can be no doubt this is the original s...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British Neoclassical Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
